1905
Citation: 8.28.2-3 (Full image size: 58Kb)
The National Guard Armory was located on Fifth Street across from the present-day [2005] Tribune Building. Dedicated February 17, 1905, it was Ames's only show house for musical and dramatic artists until December, 1911. Iowa State College men and women played their first interscholastic basketball games here in 1907. The armory was the O'Neil Dairy in later years. The building was razed in 1985. In this photograph, the railroad tracks for the Ames and College Railroad (the "Dinkey") can be seen in the snow in the lower left. A residence is seen to the right (west) of the armory.
Citation: 82.427.2 (Full image size: 70Kb)
National Guard Armory on southside of Fifth Street across from present-day (1991) Tribune building. Dedicated February 17, 1905, it was used for musical and dramatic presentations until 1912 (WW I). ISU played its first inter-collegiate men's basketball here. In front can be seen tracks for the Dinkey Railroad. Armory later housed the O'Neil Dairy. Was razed in 1985.
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